Brian:
1. Who is being interviewed? Sherman Dolman is the man being interviewed.
2. What is his/her title or position? Sherman Dolman Was a Blacksmith for 40 years and then became a painter in 1920.
3. What is his/her race? Gender? Age? He is a male, German and is 75 years old.
4. Where is the interview taking place? Lincoln, Nebraska
5. What is the date of the interview? The interview took place on October 17, 1938.
6. Who is the interviewer? The interviewer is George Hartman.
Describe what you read
Sherman Dolman came to America when he was 6 years old with his mother and father. He was born in Vervan, Germany on September 4, 1863. When he came to America in 1869 Dolman says we were met with “false faces. All three members of his family had to lived in a 16’ by8’ house. He learned blacksmithing from his father. He said “I’d stand on a cracker box and throw burlap sacks on my feet to keep from the hot scales. I would strike for three men. Dolman says “The worst depression was in the late seventies. Far worse then the present.”
What are your impressions
I find it interesting that he says “The worst depression was in the late seventies. Far worse than the present. We lived on sorgum and corn-meal. Clothes sent from the east and we went barefooted most of the time. Grasshoppers caused this great depression. If it was so bad why the one in the 1930 was’s called the great depression. This was 1870 and was the first train that ever carried excursion passengers. “It took [3?] hours to come the 55 miles to Lincoln. In 1875 that same train was held up by a hord of grasshoppers. So thick they greased the track so the train couldn't run.” I can’t believe that grasshoppers would stop a train. I have never heard anything like it.
By Brian
Patty:
In this interview, A. Stewart is being interveiwed by S. Stewart. A. stewart was born on Deccember 12, 1924.
This Photo shows Two African Americans during the great depression.This is a Great example because in the picture you can see how poor the people are. They don’t have shoes; the chair caught my eye because the man and the women are sitting there and right next to them is a broken chair.If a chair breaks now we thought it out, they tried to fix it, because that can’t afford a new one.
By Brian
Patty:
Image, Source: intermediary roll film of original neg.
This is a photograph of an African-American mother during the Great Depression. It represents the Great Depression because it shows how Afrian-Americans were isolated from the whites. The mother here is teaching her own children, possibly because it is cheaper and more convenient or because the closest school is for whites and her children cannot attend there.
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Brian:1. Who is being interviewed? Sherman Dolman is the man being interviewed.
2. What is his/her title or position? Sherman Dolman Was a Blacksmith for 40 years and then became a painter in 1920.
3. What is his/her race? Gender? Age? He is a male, German and is 75 years old.
4. Where is the interview taking place? Lincoln, Nebraska
5. What is the date of the interview? The interview took place on October 17, 1938.
6. Who is the interviewer? The interviewer is George Hartman.
Describe what you read
Sherman Dolman came to America when he was 6 years old with his mother and father. He was born in Vervan, Germany on September 4, 1863. When he came to America in 1869 Dolman says we were met with “false faces. All three members of his family had to lived in a 16’ by8’ house. He learned blacksmithing from his father. He said “I’d stand on a cracker box and throw burlap sacks on my feet to keep from the hot scales. I would strike for three men. Dolman says “The worst depression was in the late seventies. Far worse then the present.”
What are your impressions
I find it interesting that he says “The worst depression was in the late seventies. Far worse than the present. We lived on sorgum and corn-meal. Clothes sent from the east and we went barefooted most of the time. Grasshoppers caused this great depression. If it was so bad why the one in the 1930 was’s called the great depression. This was 1870 and was the first train that ever carried excursion passengers. “It took [3?] hours to come the 55 miles to Lincoln. In 1875 that same train was held up by a hord of grasshoppers. So thick they greased the track so the train couldn't run.” I can’t believe that grasshoppers would stop a train. I have never heard anything like it.
By Brian
Patty:
In this interview, A. Stewart is being interveiwed by S. Stewart. A. stewart was born on Deccember 12, 1924.
http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/broome/s.htm
Steve:
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Brian:This Photo shows Two African Americans during the great depression. This is a Great example because in the picture you can see how poor the people are. They don’t have shoes; the chair caught my eye because the man and the women are sitting there and right next to them is a broken chair. If a chair breaks now we thought it out, they tried to fix it, because that can’t afford a new one.
By Brian
Patty:
This is a photograph of an African-American mother during the Great Depression. It represents the Great Depression because it shows how Afrian-Americans were isolated from the whites. The mother here is teaching her own children, possibly because it is cheaper and more convenient or because the closest school is for whites and her children cannot attend there.
Steven: